Update: Entrada Drive is open to all traffic. Friday, 6:23 p.m. Update: Witnesses are reporting that West Channel Road is open in both directions near PCH. However, West Channel Road/Entrada Drive passed Ocean Avenue is closed for non-residents. There is no access into Santa Monica via Entrada Drive. —- West Channel Road was closed in both directions at Mesa Road in Santa Monica Canyon today. San Vicente Boulevard is closed at Seventh Street. Los Angeles Police Department and Santa Monica Police Department officers are telling drivers to turn around at both intersections. A witness said that cars were slipping on the oily roadway and that the rain had exacerbated the situation. Traffic is completely backed up on West Channel Road and on Seventh Street north of San Vicente. SMPD officers are telling pedestrians on the scene that there is a “hydraulic fluid spill” and that cars cannot drive on West Channel Road, said witnesses on the scene. The Palisadian-Post will update this post when more information becomes available.
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